Kindergarten Pictures

This is Thomas and Zachary's Kindergarten class. Thomas is four and Zachary is three.

Happy BIrthday!

We celebrated Stewart's 39th birthday this year. Unfortunatally he had to work that night, so we had to celebrate in a rush. We quickly ate dinner, blew out the candles and opened presents. Stewart didn't get a chance to even have any cake. Luckily I made him a cake to take to work. Hopefully he had a piece of that one.

Stewart got a baseball glove from the boys, a PS3 game from Cassidy and some books from me. The kids are starting T-ball and baseball this spring, so Stewart needed a glove to practice with them.

Looking through Cassidy's eyes

Here is a glimpse of what Cassidy sees in our backyard everyday.

I see grass that needs to be mowed, flowerbeds that need to be weeded, and shrubs that need to be pruned. I like Cassidy's view better. She could spend hours outside exploring and discovering nature.

The forest at the back of our yard is Cassidy's favorite place. It holds one of her secret hiding places. She takes the boys down there and disappears into the forest. She comes back with pine needles stuck in her hair.















Cassidy took a camera outside one day to show me all the flowers she found. She even had Zachary posing for pictures















Did I mention Cassidy loves flowers? We spend at least 5 minutes every time I go to the store and have to buy Kleenax. She has to pick out just the right box for her room.

Easter Day

Stewart worked Easter Sunday, so we left a note for the Easter Bunny to leave the eggs for mom and dad to hide when he got home.

Here they are sorting through their bounty.

Community Egg Hunt

It was a chilly day, but at least it wasn't raining. The Cook's came with us to the Egg-stravaganza Ellie, Thomas and Zachary were able to gather a few eggs for their baskets.

Cassidy had to really run fast to get any eggs. Her age group knows what they are doing.

They had an egg coloring station and a cookie decorating station. We visited the cookie station more than once. They also had Easter crafts and other games for the kids.

Thomas was great at balancing the egg.

Zachary was pretty good too, he didn't want Thomas to show him up.

We were able to get together in front of the Easter Tree. Stewart had to work, but he was able to take a break to watch the egg hunt.

























Zachary would not go near the Easter Bunny. So after the bunny left, I took his picture in front of the tree. Cassidy ran around with Madison so I am not sure just what she did. And this is the only chance I had to get a picture of her.

Getting Ready for Easter

Our friends the Cook's came up to help decorate Easter eggs with us. Luckily the weather held out and we could do it outside.

Cassidy looks completely bored with it. Thomas is trying to show Charlie how it is done. Thomas has perfected his egg dipping technique.


























Zachary was napping when we started dying eggs. He woke up grumpy and needed a lot of coaxing before he would color an egg. But then he wouldn't stop. He perfected the double and triple dip.

Painting Eggs

The Ostern Hase came to the kindergarten. It dropped off presents and chocolate for the kids. The blue basket is actually a deflated ball. Then it is filled with straw, chocolate bunny, chocolate eggs and a chocolate ladybug.

The boys made these in Kindergarten. I had to provide the egg shells. I spent an evening learning how to blow out the inside of the eggs. Needless to say we had scrambled eggs for dinner that night. I didn't want to be the American who can't blow eggs, so I took my time and only pierced one hole in the shell. I then used a flavor syringe to force the insides out of the egg. But is turned out that they needed two holes in them anyway for the strings and feathers. I also discovered finger nail polish remover works great to rub off the stamp that is put on the egg. The eggs we buy have a bright pink stamp on it and I didn't want that to show through after the eggs were painted.

The boys were so excited when they could bring these home. Zachary spend about 10 minutes explaining to me how he made it and why he choose his colors.